"I-I concede," Wang Dong said dejectedly.
He had never expected to be taught such a harsh lesson on his very first day at Shrek Academy.
After dealing with Wang Dong, Ye Chen returned to his room on his own.
Once he was back in the dormitory, Bibi Dong's voice rang out from his Sea of Spirit.
"Did you really want to kill him just now?"
"No, I just wanted to scare him. With my strength, no student at Shrek Academy can match me, whether they're in the senior or junior years, as long as they aren't from the Inner Courtyard," Ye Chen said confidently.
"Confidence is a good thing, but Shrek Academy is still the continent's number one academy. Surely it has some extraordinary geniuses?" Bibi Dong asked.
"It does. They just haven't grown into their strength yet." Naturally, Ye Chen meant Huo Yuhao, but the current Huo Yuhao really was far too weak.
Slave Huo would only truly come into his own later, when he obtained the Ice Empress, but Ye Chen had no intention of letting him have her.
His Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul needed the Ice Empress as his soul spirit!
He also wondered whether Huo Yuhao would still change his name to Dai Yuhao in the future, now that Sea God Tang San's perception of the Douluo Plane had been blocked.
Would he still scramble to become Tang San's dog?
Just then, Bibi Dong interrupted Ye Chen's thoughts.
"The Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul? I remember Spirit Hall having records of that martial soul. Only women can awaken it."
"Little fellow, it looks like you're quite lucky with the ladies."
"Teacher, stop teasing me. How old am I? I'm not planning to think about that sort of thing yet," Ye Chen said.
"Back in our day, you were old enough to get engaged at your age. If Nana were here, I'd honestly want to betroth her to you," Bibi Dong suddenly said.
Ye Chen: "????"
Outside the Sky Screen, Hu Liena finally felt the weight lift from her heart when she heard that.
"It looks like Teacher still cares about me."
Yan, however, was unhappy to hear it.
"What makes this guy worthy? Why should he get to marry Nana? My martial soul has two attributes too! I'm no weaker than him!"
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue felt a bitter ache in her heart at those words.
"So you care more about Hu Liena? I'm your daughter."
Little did she know that Bibi Dong actually cared more about Qian Renxue deep down. But after so many years, she no longer knew where to begin.
Just then, Wang Dong returned to the dorm room.
He did not speak to Ye Chen, however, and simply began sorting out his belongings.
"Little fellow, it looks like you've upset him. Why not go coax him a little? Judging by his features, he should be quite good-looking," Bibi Dong teased.
Ever since she had shed her airs as pope, Bibi Dong had become increasingly uninhibited.
"I'm not going!"
After putting his things away, Ye Chen went to sleep on his bed.
The next few days passed much the same way. Ye Chen and Wang Dong did not exchange a single word, each keeping almost entirely to his own affairs.
As Shrek Academy finished its annual admissions, the freshman dormitory grew lively.
"Classes start today. Are you planning to keep sleeping in bed?" Wang Dong suddenly asked.
Every day, Wang Dong saw Ye Chen either sleeping or reading material. He truly could not imagine how Ye Chen had cultivated to Soul Elder, with soul power even higher than his own!
He had thought he was lazy enough, but after meeting Ye Chen, he finally understood that there was always a sky beyond the sky, and someone beyond the best.
Ye Chen had also been troubled these past few days. What about the creation god test he had been promised?
Why hadn't it come yet?
Was it not time yet?
"When do classes start?" Ye Chen asked.
"In about an hour," Wang Dong answered casually, though he still glanced in Ye Chen's direction.
"Then wake me when class is about to start. I'll sleep a little longer," Ye Chen said offhandedly.
Wang Dong: "???"
Are we that close?
An hour later, Wang Dong still took the initiative to wake Ye Chen.
Only after seeing that Ye Chen was awake did Wang Dong get up and head to the classroom.
Ye Chen followed behind Wang Dong, and the two arrived at Freshman Class One's classroom.
By then, the classroom was already packed.
Thus, Wang Dong and Ye Chen could only find seats toward the back.
The moment Wang Dong and Ye Chen appeared, they drew everyone's attention.
There were plenty of girls at Shrek Academy, and Ye Chen's looks were hardly inferior to Wang Dong's.
Having two handsome boys suddenly join their class was something worth getting excited about for adolescent girls.
"Hmph, just a couple of sissies," some boys in the class were already whispering.
Only when class was about to begin did Huo Yuhao hurry in.
When Huo Yuhao appeared again, everyone from both the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy in the Dragon King Era turned their eyes toward him.
Having witnessed Ye Chen's strength, they all wanted to know whether Huo Yuhao at this point in his life could defeat him.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang and the others from the Spirit Hall Era-
Their confidence surged at the sight of so many new students.
Shrek Academy had admitted roughly a thousand freshmen this time, dividing them into ten classes.
"With so many freshmen, I refuse to believe not a single one is stronger than you, Ye Chen!"
Yu Xiaogang was still brooding over Ye Chen's earlier claim that none of Shrek Academy's freshmen were stronger than him.
Humiliating Shrek like that was practically a slap to his face!
Unlike Yu Xiaogang, who overestimated himself, Shrek in the Dragon King Era had a clear understanding of its own capabilities.
"Twelve years old, rank thirty soul power, and a ten thousand year soul ring. I'm afraid no one but Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao could be his match."
Yun Ming spoke gravely. At that moment, he wanted to know Huo Yuhao's strength more than anyone else did!
In the Dragon King Era, people were always comparing him to Tang San and Huo Yuhao.
There was even a saying circulating on the Douluo Continent: if the Divine Realm had not disappeared, Yun Ming would already have become a god with his strength!
Thus, Yun Ming himself wanted to see who was stronger among him, Tang San, and Huo Yuhao. That was also why he had been paying such close attention to the Sky Screen.
As Huo Yuhao found a seat and sat down, an elderly woman entered through the classroom doorway. She was Zhou Yi, the homeroom teacher of their Class One.
The moment Zhou Yi entered, she delivered an opening show of authority to all the students.
"My name is Zhou Yi, and I'm your homeroom teacher. I'm not sure how many of you will make it through the coming year with me."
"But let me tell you this: in my class, no trash will ever pass the assessments. I intend to train monsters, not idiots!"
"Anyone who fails the assessments will be expelled!"
The moment Zhou Yi said this, many people in the Dragon King Era who were preparing to apply to Shrek Academy became furious.
They had never imagined that the Shrek Academy they admired would actually be like this!
"What does she mean? Fail an assessment and get expelled? Does Shrek Academy even treat us like human beings? We work so hard to get in, and then they can just expel us whenever they say so?"
"Exactly! We endure a thousand hardships to get into Shrek, only to be expelled if we fail an assessment? I might as well go to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. They offer great benefits and even guarantee graduation."
"Exactly, exactly! Come on, let's go to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Learning is learning, wherever we go!"
As the matter gained more and more attention in the Sun-Moon Federation, it shot straight onto the trending searches.
Shrek Academy in the Dragon King Era had no choice but to issue a clarification itself.
"Everyone, please watch rationally. Perhaps this is simply this teacher's teaching method? It isn't over yet. Wait until you've seen everything before drawing conclusions."